general problems of the 2013 Cadillac CTS

Four problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2013 Cadillac CTS. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Cadillac CTS based on all problems reported for the 2013 CTS.

1 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 02/24/2025

Driving to work on very busy highway. The engine light and service battery charging system came on, then went to battery saver almost instantly. Radio cut off, heat cutt off and the car cut off in the middle of the highway before I could safely get over. This caused me to fear for my life as the cars behind me barely had time to stop. A hair probably could not have fit between us. I did eventually safely get off the highway, had the car towed to a service center. There was 14 different codes. (low voltage, engine running lean, low voltage and more. Battery was checked and was 95 %, alternator fine. Was told it was the ecm. After looking on google some sites say there is a recall for 2013 Cts some say there is not. There are multiple complaints on this issue and it is not safe. I called Cadillac gave my VIN number and was told there was not a recall. Cadillac/GMC really need to issue a recall before something tragic happens, as it almost was me. Thank god that it wasn't.

2 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 03/15/2018

Evaporating system and lights and electrical.

3 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 09/07/2015

The car hesatates like it wants to cut off popping in the front end trottle body stable link the motor mount was broke they just fixed it. Cant beleive a 2013 needs these things already have been to cad 5 times and they claim they cant find the problem. Im very disappointed in this.

4 Engine And Engine Cooling problem

Failure Date: 08/09/2013

On 8/9/13 during a lane change on the highway under acceleration the car downshifted and the rpm went high and the car had no power and seemed to just coast. I let off the gas to let the engine rpms come back down and I checked the automatic shifter to make sure it was still in drive (and it was). When the engine rpms came down the power also came back to the wheels. I have experienced a random shudder in the car under light throttle when the automatic transmission is shifting (such as in traffic) both prior to and after this event. The dealer could not duplicate the problem during a test drive. On 5/3/14 I was backing up in a driveway upon starting the car and there were no power brakes. I pressed the brake pedal to the floor and did manage to stop the car. Once I lifted off of the brake pedal the power brakes seemed to work. This is another randomly occurring problem with this car. Upon driving the car immediately upon startup the power brakes do not seem to work for 30 seconds to a minute. I have had this problem randomly before this date (I noticed it before last winter) but it seems to be getting worse. Hopefully the dealer can duplicate this problem. On 5/6/14 I was driving on a side street and lost all engine power, power steering and power brakes. The dealer told me the engine seized up. The car had approx. 14,400 miles on it at the time of the 5/6/14 incident. The car is at the dealership now for repair.


Other Engine And Engine Cooling related problems of the 2013 Cadillac CTS

Engine And Engine Cooling problems
4
Car Stall problems
1
Engine Stall problems
1
Loud Engine Noise problems
1


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